Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Joachim du Bellay

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French poet Joachim du Bellay.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Joachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a founder of the Pléiade. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: Défense et illustration de la langue française, which aimed at promoting French as an artistic language, equal to Greek and Latin.

French - Poet | 1522 - 1560

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In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

Joachim du Bellay

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.

Joachim du Bellay

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws.

Joachim du Bellay

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!

Joachim du Bellay

Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.

Joachim du Bellay

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)

Joachim du Bellay

Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and that too hastens to be gone. Learn, hence what fortune can. Towns glide away; And rivers, which are still in motion, stay.

Joachim du Bellay

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Joachim du Bellay

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